Israeli minister condemns Sanders’ remarks on “racist” Netanyahu government
Bernie Sanders
Reuters report in Ynet News:
An Israeli cabinet minister condemned U.S. Democratic Party presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Tuesday for describing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government as racist over its treatment of Palestinians.
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While enjoying unprecedentedly strong backing from the Republican administration of President Donald Trump, some Israelis have been fretting about whether this comes at the cost of losing traditionally bipartisan support in Washington.
Addressing a televised CNN event alongside other Democratic candidates on Monday, Vermont senator Sanders said he was “100 percent pro-Israel” but proposed changing U.S. policy toward it.
“The goal must be to try to bring people together and not just support one country, which is now run by a right-wing, dare I say, racist government Sanders said, adding that Netanyahu “is treating the Palestinian people extremely unfairly”.
Netanyahu was reelected to a fifth term on April 9 and appears likely to build a coalition government including religious ultranationalists opposed to Palestinian statehood.